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To all whom. it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH A. FoRMaNAoK, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Heels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

My invention relates to heels for shoes and especially to that type of heels for womens shoes'whichare known as French heels. These heels as ordinarily used are usually made of wood turned to the required sha and are then fastened to the sole of the shoe by suitable tacks or other fastening devices, and in order to reduce the noise of the heel striking on a hard substance and to make it somewhat easier for the wearer of the shoe it is customary to place upon the bottom or tread of the heel a lift. These lifts are usuallymade of leather or rubber, or some similar elastic substance. Metal heels have been used in the place of wooden heels, but diiliculty has been encountered in fastening the lift to the face of the tread so that the lift may not be easily removed or knocked olf, but will sta in place until worn out.

The object of7 my invention is to provide a metallic heel with means whereby a lift may be easily and quickly 'attached to the face of the tread; and a further object of my invention is to provide a means whereby a rubber or leather lift may be cheaply and securely fastened to the face of the tread of a metallicheel without the -use of non-metallic fasten ingr devices, such as glue.

My invention is fully shown in the accompanying drawings where similar letters are used to designate similar parts. Figure l is an elevation of a shoe having a heel embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the heel shown'in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a View of the face of the tread of the heel in Fig. l without the .fastening device for the lift; Fig. l is a view of the tread with the fasteningl device attached to the heel; Fig. 5 1s a sectional view showing the tread of the heel with the lift and its fastening devices; Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 are views showing mod1- lied forms of the fastening devices for the lift; Fig. 1Q is a bottom vlew of the litpin place on the tread.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

Apphcaton led Kay 31, 1919. Serial No. 301,051.

Referring to the gures, A is a womans shoe of ordinary form provided with e. metallic heel B which has fastened to its tread the lift C. The top or upper part of the heel B is provided with fastening means whereby it may he fastened to the shoe. These means being in the particular embodiment of the heel shown in the drawings, the nails D. These are preferably cast 1n the heel B and then are forced through the sole of the shoe and clenched over onto the up er surface of the sole so as to hold the hee in place. The tread of the heel is provided with a socket E which has, preferably, inclined side walls F and a groove Gr formed in the roof of the socket at the bottom of the side walls F. H represents pins, preferably cast in the heel B which project downwardly fromthe roof of the socket. .l 1s a plate adapted to enter the socket E and has its marginal edges spaced away from the side walls F of the socket and from the roof thereof. The plate J is provided with suitable holes for the -pins H; and it may have lts marginal portions K provided with a bead L on its upper face as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, or its marginal portion may be plain as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. In Fig. 7 the marginal. portion K is shown as being` short and following nearly the contour of the side walls F of the socket E. The plate J is put in place and the pins H arev riveted down so as to firmly attach the plate to the roof of the socket E. Then the lift C is put in place and flexible nails are driven through the lift, between the edges of the plate J and the side walls of the socket E, against the roof of the socket by means of which the nails are made to bend and be clenched in the space between the root of the socket and the marginal portions of the plate. The side walls F of the socket are preferably inclined as shown in Figs. 3. 5, 7, 8 and 9, and the nails are preferably driven so that they will strike the side walls F before striking the roof of the socket. ln all cases, however, the roof of the socket must be so shaped wherethe nails will strike it that the nails will be made to bend and be clenched between the roof of the socket and the marginal portions of the plate. Y o

It is evident that the shape and size of the plate may be varied to suit the require lao ments of diierent heeis, and the metal or which the parts may be made may be changed to suit varying conditions.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

- l. A heelfcomprising a metallic portion having a socket in the tread, a metaliic plate in said socket having marginal portions spaced away from the side walls and the roof of said socket, means whereby said plate is retained in place, a lift on said tread, and nails driven through said lift between the vside walls o said socket and the edges of said plateV against the roofL of ksaid socket whereby said nails are made to bend and be clenched in the space between said walls and the roof of said socket whereby said nails are made to bend and be clenched in the space between said roof and the marginal portions ci said plate. y Y

3. A heel comprising a Vmetallic portion havingl a socket in the tread provided with inclined walls merging into the roof thereof, a metallic plate in said socket having marginal portions spaced away rom the side .walls and roof of said-socket, means whereby said plate is retained in place, a lift on said tread, and nails driven through said lift between the side walls of said socket and the edges of said plate against the root' of said socket whereby said nails are made to bend and be clenched in the space between said roof and the marginal portions of said plate.

4.. A heel comprising a-metallic portion having a socket in the tread provided with Larme? a groeve in the roof at the bottom of the side walls thereof, a metallic plate in said socket having marginal portions spaced away from the side walls and roof ofsaid socket, means whereby said plate is retained in place, a lift on said tread,` and nails driven through said litt between the side walls of said socket and the edgesoi said plate against the roof ot' said socket whereby said nails are made to bend and he clenched in the space between said root and the marginal portions ot' said plate.

5. A heel comprising a metallic portion having a socket in the tread, a. metallic plate in said socket having marginal portions spaced away lfrom the side walls and the Y roof of said socket, said marginal portions having an upwardly proiecting bead along the edge thereof, means whereby said plate is retained in place, a litt on said tread, and nails driven through said lift between the side walls of said socket and the edges ci said, plate against the roo of said socket whereby said nails are made to bend and be clenched over said bead in the space between said roof and the marginal portions of said plate.

6, A heel comprising-a metallic portion having a socket in the tread provided with a groove in the 'roof at the bottom of the side walls thereof, a metallic plate in said socket having marginal portions spaced away vfrom the side walls and the roof of said socket, said marginal portions having zin-upwardly projecting bead along the edge thereof, means whereby said plate is retained in place, a lift on said tread, and nails driven through said liftl between the side walls of said socket and the edges of said plate against the roof of said Socket whereby said nails are made to bend and be clenched over' said bead in the space between said rooi:l and the marginal portions of said plate.

ln witness whereof l have signed my name to this speciiication.

JOSEPH A, FGRMANCK' 

